Top 20 U.S. law faculties in terms of scholarly excellence, 2017 edition

So with a bit more than 160 votes over the last 48 hours, here are the results for the poll that presented evaluators with faculty names, rather than simply school names:

1. Yale University  (Condorcet winner: wins contests with all other choices)

2. Harvard University  loses to Yale University by 77–67

3. University of Chicago  loses to Yale University by 118–32, loses to Harvard University by 127–21

4. New York University  loses to Yale University by 122–28, loses to University of Chicago by 79–60

5. Stanford University  loses to Yale University by 121–29, loses to New York University by 73–65

6. Columbia University  loses to Yale University by 126–21, loses to Stanford University by 85–56

7. University of California, Berkeley loses to Yale University by 137–15, loses to Columbia University by 113–29

8. University of Pennsylvania loses to Yale University by 140–9, loses to University of California, Berkeley by 74–62

9. University of Virginia loses to Yale University by 138–9, loses to University of Pennsylvania by 75–55

10. University of Michigan loses to Yale University by 140–9, loses to University of Virginia by 69–52

11. Duke University loses to Yale University by 144–6, loses to University of Michigan by 78–49

12. Northwestern University loses to Yale University by 142–8, loses to Duke University by 67–62

13. Georgetown University loses to Yale University by 140–10, loses to Northwestern University by 70–63

14. Cornell University loses to Yale University by 144–5, loses to Georgetown University by 71–63

15. University of California, Los Angeles loses to Yale University by 141–9, loses to Cornell University by 66–61

16. University of Texas, Austin  loses to Yale University by 144–4, loses to University of California, Los Angeles by 74–49

17. Vanderbilt University loses to Yale University by 139–6, loses to University of Texas by 77–41

18. University of Southern California loses to Yale University by 141–6, loses to Vanderbilt University by 67–54

19. George Washington University  loses to Yale University by 138–11, loses to University of Southern California by 81–43

20. University of California, Irvine loses to Yale University by 143–6, loses to George Washington University by 70–57

Runner-up (essentially tied with UC Irvine):  University of Minnesota loses to Yale University by 141–7, loses to University of California, Irvine by 62–56

 

Now compared to earlier Condorcet Internet polls I've run here, which just presented school names, this survey did seem to have some minor impact on muting the U.S. News effect:  e.g., Stanford dropped from third to fifth, while NYU easily bested Columbia.  I may try to put together another such poll for schools in the 21-30 range, say--perhaps next week.